Thursday, October 18th 2007
Soldier Of Fortune: Payback Banned In Australia
According to the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification's (OFLC), SoF:Payback is too violent and gory for the country. Like the Manhunt 2 controversy, the OFLC refused to rate SoF:Payback, making it illegal to sell the game anywhere inside the country to anyone. The main reasons that the OFLC deemed SoF:Payback to be too much for Australia:
Source:
Reg Hardware
- The game contains too much "high impact violence", which exceeds even Australia's MA15+ rating.
- The game contains "substantial blood spray", blood splatters on the ground and wall, and the ability for gamers to target specific body parts
34 Comments on Soldier Of Fortune: Payback Banned In Australia
:nutkick:
its funny...
RIAA is taking Americas right to download P2P and what not...(even though pirating is pretty beat especially if you like the band a lot or like a movie or something SUPPORT YOUR ARTIST!)...and people are all HAHA about that...but at least we have the freedom to choose if we want to shoot someones arms or legs off..in a video game
With governments there is always some form of control.
This should also cause the piracy rate of that game in Aus to skyrocket. Whenever you ban something people just want it more.
o ya and sorry australia.....
and here is why it is banned...
n4g.com/News-72915.aspx
I mean, come on, in that video, your opponents fall apart at the slightest touch. You graze his arm, it falls off, you melee his leg, it shatters into five pieces, and then the blood squirts everywhere like a roman candle.